Before Friday, Hillary Clinton was going to waltz into the White House. Who could stop her momentum? Nobody. Well, almost nobody, except for Anthony Weiner.

Former Congressman Anthony Weiner is the estranged husband of Clinton’s top staffer, Huma Abedin. He also happens to be a serial sexter. Back in 2011, Andrew Breitbart crashed a press conference for then-Representative Weiner, defending his coverage of Weiner’s sex scandal.

After Breitbart’s passing, Weiner continued to send naughty texts–including some that he sent to a minor. Now, his sexting problem may land Hillary Clinton in jail, or at least cost her the election.

On Friday, FBI director James Comey sent a letter to Congress and reopened the investigation into Clinton’s emails. He stated that the criminal investigation of Anthony Weiner uncovered new emails on a laptop that Abedin used at home. Though the FBI did not know the full content of the emails, Comey believed he knew enough to justify notifying Congress.

We don’t ordinarily tell Congress about ongoing investigations, but here I feel I also think it would be misleading to the American people were we not to supplement the record. At the same time, however, given that we don’t know the significance of this newly discovered collection of emails, I don’t want to create a misleading impression. In trying to strike that balance, in a brief letter and in the middle of an election season, there is significant risk of being misunderstood, but I wanted you to hear directly from me about it.

About The Author

Sam Leanza is a recent graduate of Concordia University, Irvine where she earned a Bachelor's degree in History and Political Thought with emphases in Theology and Philosophy. As an Orange County native, Sam competitively swam for nearly 10 years in addition to her heavy class loads and volunteer work in local city governments. She loves reading, coffee, tweeting (@snleanza) and all things Christmas!